Adjustable golf glove



Jan. 25, 1955 Filed May 22, 1955 W. F. VAN DENBURGH ADJUSTABLE GOLF GLOVE 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

Vnflenburylv BY ADJUSTABLE GOLF GLOVE Filed May 22, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS United States Patent ADJUSTABLE GOLF GLOVE Wilmer-F; Van Denburgh, Richmond, Va.

Application May 22, 1953, Serial No. 356,639

7 Claims. (Cl. 2--20) This invention relates to gloves or club gripping accessories for use particularly by golfers.

The invention consists principally in a gripping member adapted to receive and properly position a golf club handle in the users hand. The gripping is adjustable on a glove to lie at any desired angle across the wearers palm and in any selected position toward or from the fingers.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an adjustable golfers glove whereby the club engaglng portion may be set in a desired position to insure a uniform grip on the club at all times.

A further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable golf glove adapted to properly position the golf club in the wearers hand to insure the most satisfactory grip for the particular wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel golf glove of simple construction, yet inexpensive and economical to produce.

Further and additional objects and advantages will appear to those skilled in the art as the description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the back of the glove of the present invention shown in position on a wearers hand; and

Fig. 2 is a view of the palm portion of the glove and hand shown in Fig. l.

The adjustable golf glove of the present invention consists of a back portion or panel 2 (Fig. 1) having a wrist encircling loop portion 4, finger encircling loops 6, and a thumb encircling portion 8 attached to the edges of the panel 2. As shown in Fig. 1, only two finger loops 6 are shown but it is to be understood that three or four may be provided, or the glove may even be made with a single finger encircling loop, if desired.

As shown in Fig. 2, the palm portion of the glove is completely cut away to expose the bare palm of the wearer. The finger, thumb and wrist encircling portions serve the function of holding the back portion or panel 2 in relatively fixed position on the back of the wearers hand.

A palm piece or gripping member 10 (Fig. 2) is provided and is of somewhat elongated shape to extend transversely across the palm of the hand. The palm piece or gripping member 10 may be of any desirable material but is preferably of a relatively stiff material capable of being readily bent about the handle of a golf club but sufficiently stiff to at least partially retain the bend to define a concave groove extending lengthwise of the palm piece and generally across the palm of the hand. Such curved configuration of the palm piece 10 defines a transverse concave groove adapted to receive and properly position a golf club in the users hand. The palm piece 10 may be made of leather, reinforced or impregnated fabric, or a suitable plastic material.

Integral elongated extensions or straps 12 and 13 extend from the ends of the palm piece 10 and extend around to the back of the glove as shown in Fig. l. The extensions or straps 12 and 13 constitute holding means to hold the palm piece 10 in relatively fixed position on the glove.

Provision is made for adjusting the position of the palm piece 10 and to this end a slide fastener 16 is attached to the back panel 2 to extend longitudinally of the glove from the wrist encircling band 4 to and along one of the finger encircling bands 6. The slide fastener 16 is provided with the usual slider 18 having a finger piece 20 2,700,159 Ba e tedam 2 .955

adapted to bepivotedonthe slider 18 to a releasing posi? tion or to a slider locking position.- In the locking posi tion the finger piece-20 locks the slider 18 against longitudinalmovement along the fastener 16. The slide, fastener 16 with its slider 18 performs no closing functionbut merely constitutes a convenient longitudinally extending trackway' along. which a slider 18 may be adjusted and fixed in selected position. "The holding meansor strap 12 is provided with a clasp 20 of any suitable form en gageable in an opening 22 in the slider 18. It will be apparent that by proper manipulation the end of strap 12 may be fixed in any selected position along the fastener 16. Two such additional positions are indicated by dotted line in Fig. 1. Such longitudinal adjustment of the end of strap 12 results in a longitudinal adjustment of the corresponding end of palm piece 10.

The strap or holding means 13 extending from the other end of the palm piece 10 is provided with a plurality of snap fastener elements 24 spaced along the strap 13. A plurality of snap fastener elements 26 is arranged with the elements in longitudinally spaced relation along the back panel 2. Each of the snap fastener elements 24 is complementary to each of the elements 26 whereby any one of the elements 24 may be engaged with any one of the elements 26, in a well-known manner, to anchor the end of strap 13 in selected position on the back panel 2 of the glove.

Having determined the proper position for the slider 18, the wearer may select an appropriate fastener element 26 to set the palm piece 10 at any desired angle across the palm of his hand. Since different angular adjustments of the palm piece 10 result in a change in the distance between the anchor points at the ends of straps 12 and 13, a proper fastener element 24 may be selected to maintain the straps taut for any selected angle of adjustment.

It will be obvious that other adjustable anchoring means for the straps 12 and 13 may be provided as the equivalents of those illustrated herein. For example, the slide fastener 16 and the slider 18 may be replaced by a series of snap fasteners like those shown at 24 and 26 or may be replaced by any other suitable slide and guide arrangement. Likewise, the snap fasteners 24 on the strap 13 and the fastener elements 26 on the back panel 2 may be replaced by a suitable guideway and slider such as shown at 16 and 18. In the latter case the strap 13 may be connected to the slider by means of an adjustable buckle whereby the length of the strap 13 may be adjusted.

While a single specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described herein, it is to be understood that other modifications may be resorted to without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

I. An adjustable golf glove comprising, a back portion, means holding said back portion in relatively fixed position on the hand of a wearer, a movable palm piece adapted to lie against the palm of a wearers hand, elongated extensions at opposite sides of said palm piece, fastening means adapted to secure said extensions to said back portion at selected longitudinally spaced points whereby the angular and longitudinal position of said palm piece may be adjusted.

2. A golf glove as defined in claim 1, wherein said palm piece is bendable to at least partially encircle and grip a handle but sufiiciently stiff to at least partially retain the bend imparted thereto.

3. A golf glove as defined in claim 1, wherein said palm piece is curved to present an outwardly concave groove extending across the palm of the wearers hand.

4. An adjustable golf glove comprising, a flexible back panel, a wrist encircling portion, at least one finger encircling portion, and a thumb encircling portion, all of said encircling portions being fixed to said back panel and adapted to hold said back panel in a relatively fixedposition against the back of a wearers hand, a palm piece adapted to extend across and lie against the palm of a wearers hand, elongated flexible holding means secured to the ends of said palm piece, and fastening means adapted to selectively secure each of said flexible holding means to said back panel at any of a plurality of longi- 'tudinally spaced points whereby the angular and longitudinal position of said palm piece may be adjusted.

5. A golf glove as defined in claim 4, wherein said palm piece is bendable to at least partially encircle and grip a handle but sufficiently still to at least partially retain the bend imparted thereto.

6. A golf glove as defined in claim 4, wherein said fastening means includes guide means extending longitudinally of and fixed to said back panel, a slider movable along said guide means, means for securing said slider to said guide means at any selected position therealong, and means securing an end of one of said holding means to said slider.

7. A golf glove as defined in claim 4, wherein said fastening means includes a plurality of fastener elements fixed to said back panel in longitudinally spaced relation and a plurality of fastener elements on one of said holding means arrangedin spaced relation therealong, any one of the fastening elements on said holding means being engageable with any one of the fastening elements on said back panel to secure said holding means thereto.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,627,382 Golomb May 3, 1927 

